fetch/ftp problem

2004-01-13 Thread Ross Lippert
I am having an odd problem with fetch. I cannot fetch an ftp:-type address but I can ftp to it and get the files just fine. This is problematic for ports and downloading via sysinstall. I am running the new 5.2. I am firewalled though (I did try both passsive and active ftpmode's). Any

fixing motherboard sound

2003-10-12 Thread Ross Lippert
OK, I found one of the problems that the festival app was having playing on my system. Apparently, the authors assumed that a SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl() was not necessary before a close() because the close() is supposed to sync. I have found, however, that it does make a difference. Is close()

why does motherboard sound suck?

2003-10-09 Thread Ross Lippert
I just got new hardware and I installed 5.1 on it (not tht it matters, because what I am asking about is observed in 4.X). Why is it that so-called the built-in soundcard that my motherboard comes with does work with everything? By that I mean that I can play the usual multimedia stuff without

umass device incomplete contents

2003-02-18 Thread Ross Lippert
Hi, ever since we upgraded to 5.0 we have had problems with our SDR-31 compact flash reader. No interesting messages come up in dmesg to describe the problem. This is what happens, the device mounts just fine: mount -o ro -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ but while we can see all the files with an

devfs and /dev/fd/3

2003-02-12 Thread Ross Lippert
I just installed freebsd 5.0. One gotcha that got me was in my lpif filter, which used to use a clever set of redirects to send only the outputfile output of gs to stdout while the stdout output of gs was sent to stderr: exec 31 12 /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q

DSL, verizon, FreeBSD

2002-11-06 Thread Ross Lippert
Hi. I'm trying to get a verizon DSL service started on my FreeBSD box. I don't have windows running at home, so I cannot run their install software. The nice folks there, have been helpful enough to walk me through the install. I'm happy they are taking a shot at it. They have given me the

mapping ports to packages

2002-11-05 Thread Ross Lippert
I am writing a little utility to help me get an instant-workstation (the instant-workstation port is fine when you have high bandwidth, but not when you are low bandwidth and have CDs with some stuff already, blah blah blah, there are other reasons why I believe this would be a nice thing).

doh! I found my answer

2002-11-05 Thread Ross Lippert
Don't bother to respond to what I just wrote. I have discovered that make -V PKGNAME will do the mapping I want. -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

trying to get a fresh install

2002-10-23 Thread Ross Lippert
Hi. I'm trying to make a fresh install on a computer which had 4.6 on it (installing 4.7) and for some reason, although the NEWFS=Y in every row of the disklabel dialog, I am seeing clear signs that sysinstall is reading my old /var/db/pkg info among other things. This indicates to me that the

Re: trying to get a fresh install

2002-10-23 Thread Ross Lippert
I don't have an msdos disk. I have no windows or msdos at home. -r On Wednesday, 23 October 2002 at 20:04:12 -0400, JoeB wrote: Use msdos fdisk, repartition disk and format it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions;FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ross

Re: /usr/share/examples

2002-07-22 Thread Ross Lippert
Some of us never make world. Or rather, there must be an easier way to get this directory populated than having to learn how to make world. make world kind of makes me nervous. If this is a recognized problem, then why isn't it reported in the errata? Is it too much to ask for someone to

Re: MS Dynamic DNS problems

2002-07-18 Thread Ross Lippert
.rkv.ad.celera.com. which may be of interest because it shows the DNS entry being persistent right up until just after FreeBSD's dhclient starts, and then the DNS entry disappears. -r From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ross Lippert [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL